Manual for Streets

18th April 2011

Manual for Streets

9.45 Places and streets – David Tittle

10.15 Manual for Streets 1 – residential development – Phil Jones

11.15 Break

11.30 Manual for Streets 1 - exercise

12.30 Lunch

1.15 Manual for Streets 2 – wider application of the principles – Phil Jones

2.00 Site visit

3.30 Manual for Streets 2 – exercise

4.15 Questions and discussion

4.30 Close

quality of place matters

urban design london

the value of good design

Health Children Environment Community

HomesClimate Change

MitigationBusiness Inclusion

Economy Road SafetyCrime

PreventionSustainability

“people who can choose better places to live”

“people who can choose better places to work”

“people who can choose better places to visit”

“people who can choose better places to invest”

the qualities of successful places‘By Design’ (2000)

character

quality of the public realm

ease of movement

diversityadaptabilitylegibility

Building for Life

20 questions, four categories:

Environment and community Character Streets, parking and

pedestrianisation Design and construction

www.buildingforlife.org

Building for Life1 Community facilities 11 Building layout takes priority

over roads and parking

2 Accommodation mix 12 Car parking well integrated

3 Tenure mix 13 Streets pedestrian, cycle and vehicle friendly

4 Access to public transport 14 Integration with existing roads and paths

5 Environmental impact 15 Public spaces overlooked

6 Design specific to scheme 16 Public space well designed

7 Exploits existing buildings, landscape, topography

17 Architectural quality

8 Distinctive character 18 internal spaces adaptable

9 Easy to find your way around 19 Advanced construction technology

10 Streets well defined 20 Outperforms statutory minima

Building for Life1 Community facilities 11 Building layout takes priority

over roads and parking

2 Accommodation mix 12 Car parking well integrated

3 Tenure mix 13 Streets pedestrian, cycle and vehicle friendly

4 Access to public transport 14 Integration with existing roads and paths

5 Environmental impact 15 Public spaces overlooked

6 Design specific to scheme 16 Public space well designed

7 Exploits existing buildings, landscape, topography

17 Architectural quality

8 Distinctive character 18 internal spaces adaptable

9 Easy to find your way around 19 Advanced construction technology

10 Streets well defined 20 Outperforms statutory minima

streets

fronts face fronts

overlooking

squares paths and parks

perimeter blocks

the perimeter block

the perimeter block

30

so what goes wrong?

city A

city B

town village

the highway

• Regulated

• Impersonal

• Linear

• Single Purpose

• Consistent

• Predictable

• Systematic

• State controlled

• Signs and markings

city A

city B

town village

city A

city B

town village

the street

• Culturally specific

• Personal

• Spatial

• Multi-purpose

• Constantly changing

• Unpredictable

• Contextual

• Cultural / social rules

• Eye contact

the highway• Regulated

• Impersonal

• Linear

• Single Purpose

• Consistent

• Predictable

• Systematic

• State controlled

• Signs and markings

streets are for sharing

• drive

• cycle

• ride (a horse)

• walk

• run

• move by wheelchair

• play

• sell

• eat

• drink

• perform

• push buggy

• discuss• enter• exit• shop• browse• kiss• cuddle• watch• sit• sing• protest• have a party

DRIVE

discuss

enter

exit

shop

browse

kiss

cuddle

watch

sit

sing

protest

have a party

walk

run

wheelchair

play

sell

eat

drink

perform

push buggy

read

discuss

enter

exit

shop

browse

kiss

cuddle

watch

sit

sing

protest

have a party

walk

run

wheelchair

play

sell

eat

drink

perform

push buggy

read

Makkinga, Friesland

Oosterwolde Friesland

Lyngby, Copenhagen

Helsingor, Denmark

Norrköping, Sweden

Shrewsbury

Blackett Street, Newcastle

Manual for Streets

Phil Jones